Eraser holder



May 17, 1938. TEN EYCK T. MO5-HER 2,117,443

ERASER HOLDER Filed April 14, 193e BIV ATTORNEY WITNESS Patented May 17, 1938 ERASER HOLDER Ten Eyck T. Mosher, eacedale, Gleninont, N. Y.

Application April lll,

3 Claims.

The invention relates to an eraser and more especially to an eraser holder.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a holder of this character, wherein a disk type of typewriter eraser can be conveniently and easily supported for the holding thereof so that such eraser will work upon paper in a typewriter or for service in erasing anything needing the same, that is, for the erasing of freshiy done typewriting, old typewriting, printing, writings in ink and lead pencil, the removal of dirt and nager marks from papers and books, particularly where the erasing requires pressure for a clean and neat job and without injury to the lingers and hand of an operator.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a holder of this character, wherein the disk type of eraser can be conveniently and easily fastened in place and such eraser will be firmly held against rotation or turning while in use and such disk eraser can be conveniently adjusted in the holder to present a fresh surface of the eraser to the work when the same is required yet when such eraser is in action it will not turn in the holder, thereby enabling the easy erasure of matter through the use of said eraser.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a holder of this character, wherein the disk type of eraser can be held in the holder by a fastener such as a winged nut carrying bolt and when carried by said holder enables the use of the eraser with ease and dispatch, relieving strain ordinarily required when manipulating the eraser proper and avoiding bruised skin, cut fingers or fatigue incident to the holding of the eraser by the fingers, the holder being of novel construction.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a holder of this character, which is extremely simple in construction, thoroughly reliable and efficient in operation, readily and easily handled, strong, durable, and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the features of construction, i

combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which discloses the preferred embodiment of the invention and pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a perspective view of the holder constructed in accordance with the invention shown grasped by the hand of a user and the eraser carried thereby.

i936, Serial No. 74,347

(ill. 1Z0-36) Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 2-2 of Figure 1 looking in the direction oi the arrows.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the holder with the eraser removed.

Figure l is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the disk type of eraser fitted in the holder with the whisk brush eliminated.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, particularly Figures l to 3 inclusive, the holder comprises an elongated stock forming a handle-like body 5 preferably made from hard wood althoughit may be made from metal or any other suitable material and is out and shaped at one end portion to provide a handle i5 proper, the latter having a hole i therethrough so that the holder can be suspended from a nail or other fastener upon a wall or support.

The body 5 remote from the handle end 6 thereof at one side is cut into to provide a counterseat 8, it having a shape to accommodate a disklike rubber eraser Q so that a portion of the peripheral edge as at if) of the said eraser 9 will be exposed for service in making erasures from paper, cardboard or the like and when such paper may be held within the typewriter, although the erasures can be made very successfully when the paper, cardboard or other material is entirely away from the typewriter machine. This disk as is usual is held within a forked bearing l l carrying a whisk brush i2. and centrally of the bearing il is a suitable opening which matches the hole I3 provided in the body 5 so as to receive a bolt i-i carrying a winged nut l5 whereby the eraser can be secured seated and firmly held in the counterseat 8, and carried by the holder for service rather than to have the eraser supported in the hand between the fingers thereof as is customary.

The counterseat 8 in the body 5 is continued to form an abutment shoulder lli against which can be placed the bearing il in the fastening of the eraser in the holder, as is clearly shown in Figure l of the drawing.

ln Figure 4 of the drawing there is shown a modified form of eraser Il, it being cheeked by a metallic disk lil and such eraser l'l is fastened in place by a fastener i!! as should be clearly apparent.

An essential feature in having the eraser carried by the holder permits the firm fastening of the eraser so that it will not rotate or turn while in use in the holder, whether such eraser is being manipulated either for ordinary use or real strenuous erasing. Yet by the loosening of the fastener the eraser will turn to a new position and then be ready when firmly fastened for further service.

What is claimed is:

1. A holder for a disk eraser having a whisk brush comprising a body having a counterseat in one face thereof at one end and a handle at the oppositey end, a fastener carried by the body at the counterseat for the detachable securing of a disk-like eraser within said counterseat, and a shoulder at the forward end of the body next to the counterseat for abutment of a whisk brush bearing for said eraser therewith.

2. lin combination, a holder comprising a handle having a substantially circular recess in the forward end thereof, said recess opening through a side of said handle and also opening 20 through one edge of the handle and the forward end thereof, a disk-shaped eraser seated in said recess and having a portion thereof projecting through the opening in said one edge and forward end of the handle, and means securing said eraser in said recess.

3. In combination a handle having a substantially circular recess in the forward end thereof, said recess opening through a side of said handle and also opening through one edge of. the handle and the forward end thereof, a disk-shaped eraser seated in said recess and having a portion thereof projecting through the opening in said one edge and forward end of the handle, means securing said eraser in said recess, a brush, and mounting means for mounting said brush on said eraser, said mounting means engaging against the forward end portion of said handle in a manner to hold said brush at an obtuse angle to the length of the handle.

TEN EYCK T. MOSHER. 

